So think back now. What rhymes did your grandmother sing to you to make you eat? What are the lullabies you have heard? What songs have you inherited from your playground/home that you are now passing on to your children? Do they have new ones now? Or do you still recognise their chants?

And a Kannada rhyme:Nayi Mari
Nayi mari, nayi mari
Thindi beke?
Thindi beku, theertha beku
Ella beku.
So ask your families and friends. Write your blog post and leave the link in the comments section below. Give us the transliteration in English plus a rough translation. Write about them in context - what games did they accompany, what were the rules of chanting? And, who knows? Your entry just might find its way into the Tulika book on the theme that is scheduled for the end of this year:)